Fresh paint, new lighting and classroom renovations as well as $765,000 in new equipment and supplies is aimed at boosting enrollment in Randolph, which has a capacity of 700 students and had been teetering on the brink of closure in recent years with fewer than 150 students.

The Detroit Police Department's crime monitoring system is credited with a decrease in carjackings and overall crime around businesses that use it. Around 300 businesses are participating, but Randolph of Detroit Public Schools Community District is the first education institution to do so, according to a city news release.

The cameras provide a live feed to DPD's Real Time Crime Center. As part of the partnership, police officers will provide special attention visits regularly to the school and any 911 calls are dispatched as a Priority One run, which is the case for all Project Green Light partner businesses, city spokesman John Roach said.

Nikolai Vitti, the Detroit school district's superintendent, is in discussions to expand Project Green Light surveillance to more campuses, according to the release.

"DPSCD students' safety is key to increasing our enrollment and creating a learning environment where students can focus on their education," Vitti said in the release.

Detroit Police Department and DPSCD officials did not respond Tuesday to questions about the cost of installation and maintenance of the security system.

The skilled trades, technical and academic school has 300 daytime students and the city of Detroit is working on enrolling 300 adult students for night classes there.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in January that his administration was in discussions about a plan to eventually mandate every retail business in Detroit with late-night hours have surveillance cameras tied into Project Green Light. There is no timeline for implementing that plan, Roach said Tuesday.

When a group of 11 Greektown businesses joined the 2-year-old project as a collective in January, each agreed to pay about $250 per month for up to three cameras, internet service from Detroit-based Cronus Communications LLC and cloud storage.

Millions in renovations were being undertaken last year at Randolph at 17101 Hubbell Ave., with the goal of boosting enrollment, Crain'sreported.